3 Health Care Stocks Pushing The Sector Higher
All three major indices are trading down today with the
Dow Jones Industrial Average
(
^DJI
) trading down 67 points (-0.4%) at 18,405 as of Thursday, July 28, 2016, 12:55 PM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 1,296 issues advancing vs. 1,538 declining with 200 unchanged.
The Health Care sector currently sits down 0.1% versus the S&P 500, which is down 0.2%. Top gainers within the sector include
(
), up 16.9%,
(
), up 7.2%,
(
), up 5.8%,
Quintiles Transnational Holdings
(
), up 3.4% and
(
), up 3.1%. On the negative front, top decliners within the sector include
(
), down 7.5%,
(
), down 7.4%,
(
), down 3.8%,
(
), down 2.0% and
(
), down 1.5%.
TheStreet would like to highlight 3 stocks pushing the sector higher today:
3.
(
) is one of the companies pushing the Health Care sector higher today. As of noon trading, Alere is up $7.30 (23.2%) to $38.77 on heavy volume. Thus far, 5.9 million shares of Alere exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 888,900 shares. The stock has ranged in price between $35.76-$39.45 after having opened the day at $37.70 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $31.47.
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Alere Inc. provides point-of-care diagnostics and services for infectious disease, cardiometabolic disease, and toxicology in the United States and internationally. The company operates through Professional Diagnostics and Consumer Diagnostics segments. Alere has a market cap of $3.8 billion and is part of the health services industry. Shares are down 19.5% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are 2 analysts who rate Alere a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 2 rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates
Alere
as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its compelling growth in net income, good cash flow from operations and expanding profit margins. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including a generally disappointing performance in the stock itself and generally higher debt management risk. Get the full
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2. As of noon trading,
(
) is up $6.97 (4.9%) to $148.88 on heavy volume. Thus far, 2.8 million shares of Jazz Pharmaceuticals exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 803,800 shares. The stock has ranged in price between $136.00-$151.79 after having opened the day at $137.70 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $141.91.
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Jazz Pharmaceuticals Public Limited Company, a biopharmaceutical company, identifies, develops, and commercializes pharmaceutical products for various medical needs in the United States, Europe, and internationally. Jazz Pharmaceuticals has a market cap of $8.4 billion and is part of the drugs industry. Shares are up 1.0% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are 12 analysts who rate Jazz Pharmaceuticals a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and none rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates
Jazz Pharmaceuticals
as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its growth in earnings per share, increase in net income, revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures and notable return on equity. We feel its strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had lackluster performance in the stock itself. Get the full
Jazz Pharmaceuticals Ratings Report
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1. As of noon trading,
(
) is up $2.19 (1.7%) to $131.97 on heavy volume. Thus far, 1.8 million shares of Alexion Pharmaceuticals exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1.9 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $130.00-$135.00 after having opened the day at $134.00 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $129.78.
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Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, develops and commercializes life-transforming therapeutic products. Alexion Pharmaceuticals has a market cap of $28.4 billion and is part of the drugs industry. Shares are down 32.0% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are 14 analysts who rate Alexion Pharmaceuticals a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 4 rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates
Alexion Pharmaceuticals
as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures and good cash flow from operations. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including a generally disappointing performance in the stock itself, disappointing return on equity and feeble growth in the company's earnings per share. Get the full
Alexion Pharmaceuticals Ratings Report
now.
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If you are interested in one of these 3 stocks, ETFs may be of interest. Investors who are bullish on the health care sector could consider
Health Care Select Sector SPDR
(
) while those bearish on the health care sector could consider
ProShares Ultra Short Health Care
(
).